What tournament did she play last year about this time? I looked at the live rankings and she is down from 213 the week before to 233 this week. If she beats Aga (little likely) she should jump over 60 players.

What tournament did she play last year about this time? I looked at the live rankings and she is down from 213 the week before to 233 this week. If she beats Aga (little likely) she should jump over 60 players.

The positives:
First time on the MD of a GS event.
The first time Simona Halep played against Aga Radwanska (AO11) she lost with the same scoreline 1&2 (I'm not saying that Andreea is Halep, all I'm saying is Aga's unique style can be very intimidating for the newcomers).

She got overwhelmed by the situation and an opponent that doesn't give away anything

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In my native language they say:
A L' E' INUTIL INSEGNA' AL MUS, SI PIART TIMP E IN PLUI SI INFASTIDIS LA BESTIE!!
(translated) There is no gain in teaching the donkey, you waste your time and annoy the beast

She looked nervous to me, hence some of the questionable shot selection. Davenport made a good point on ESPN streaming about her not being in position nor bending her knees before trying to bash the ball. This is a very good learning experience for Andreea. She was playing much better last night and she did manage to get into more points as the match went on today. Plenty of positives from this week & I wouldn't judge her ability based on this one match.

Didn't seem to handle the pressure today unfortunately. Could have turned out much better yesterday IMO.

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Originally Posted by codrutc

What tournament did she play last year about this time? I looked at the live rankings and she is down from 213 the week before to 233 this week. If she beats Aga (little likely) she should jump over 60 players.

Before qualifying ,with 0 points she would have been #233 . But now, she's #206 with 40 points. She didn't gain any additional points in comparison to last year though, because the WTA Rk points changed in 2014.

Still provisionally moves up 7 spots to #206. The big win is monetarily, however, for making the main draw. Last year, she made $6000. This year, she'll reap $27,000 (which if someone does the math, might be more than she's made all year so far combined). Time to invest in her training.